The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16
AHead-Une in Ia Newspaper Recalls the
Time When She Met a Famous FOrger.
Quiet Toys Which May Be Found Within
Half Hours Ride of the Metropolis-Roman-
tic Little Spot on the Banks of the Bronx.
Belva Lockwood's Ignorance of Chemis-
try and the Trouble 1t Caused Her.
on How to Choose a Wife and Basely Be-
trays Some Of the Secrets Of the Sex.

trays Some Of the Secrets Of the Sex.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-One of the news head
ings in journal that lies before me says that
William E. Brockway, the forcer has been re-
leased from a service of threc years and seven
months in State prison. My first sensation of
shock is that am that much older than was
when I last saw Brockway. He was no ac-
quaintance of mine. hasten to write; and yet
was most politely thrown against him in as.
semblage OF wealth and fashion. 1t was at the
Academy of Music on grand opera night A
party Of US were in a box. Into the adjoining
one came a tall, erable-lookinc mar. wearing
the conventional evening costume of gentle
man. The fact that he was all alone and re-
mainej so through more than half the perform.
ance. served to fix my attention on him. Had
he been accompanied by woman or t=Eo. he
would have passed unnoticed for one of the many
who bought boxes for the occasion. He listened
intently to the music and keenly watched the
acting AT length a man whom knew Chief
Detective Byrnes came along, stopped to talk q
minute with the old man. and went away. Then
/ asked a companion who the solitary devotee
of music was. and ne sought Bvrnes 30 find out.
He soon came back with the information that
our next-box neighbor was Rrockway, the noto-
rious forger. and that he was to be sentenced on
the following morning. He had pleaded guilty
on one of dozen indictments, and had bar
gained with the government prosecutors to give
up lot of bogus plates if they would let him off
with a single sentence. This his last day
out on bail. He was an ardent lover of OPERA
and he chose to spend his farewell evening in it's
enjoyment. And hardly man in the audience
looked more like solid. respectable citizen.
If the truly good people of New York were to
shiver every time they tonched elbows with the
wicked in fashionable places, the town would be
chock full of palsy. The bad ones are so auda-
cious. Some envious chap. with a rather artis-
tic pencil, has for week past annoyed the As
tors and Varderbilts by chalking effigies Of the
ladies of these families on the doorsteps of their
houses The caricatures had every evidence of
extreme haste, showing that the midnight per-
traiture was by somebody who didn't desire to
be caught at it. He used his crayon with skill
enough to produce recognizable hkenesses, how
ever. and the poses were not pleasant. He
nightly shifted bis spot, and managed to
eluded the vigilance of the private watchmen
who guard these houses of millionaireism. He
seems to have known'when to stop, too, for
after arrangements had been made to capture
him he did not reappear
Well. .-1he rich could avoid nruch oe thsir con-
spicuousness if they would seek quiet joys For
instance, within half an hours ride of New York
city is a colony that might well be called Little
France; thoroughly and distinctly is it French
in almost every respect, the visitor might
imagine himself in the suburbs OF Paris. An
artist and an idler went ont there last Sunday.
The artist had been there before, apd he piloted
the idler through the little village and along
crooked lane to a house that stood in the middle
of pretty garden. The Bronx flowed by, be-
tween stone walls that had been built to prevent
ha Ia fror fall in md fho 10
little river to death. At least, the artist who
had been there and knew all about it, said it
flowed; but dead leaf on the surface remained
in the same spot until the whole bottle of claret
was gone. Three ducks near the opposite bank
enjoyed themselves also. They tipped forward
and stood on their heads upon the bottom of the
river, and wasged their tails absurdiy in the air
for minute at time. The idler would have
woulded he we're duck if the water had not
been muddy. The artist called attention to
the picturesque bits of scenery. and said the
whole thing was just like section of France
dropped down on the edge of New York city
The idler called attention to some boats and pro-
posed a row down the river. The artist, who
had been there before ard knew there
current. said he didn't want to row, but he would
go along if the idler wanted some exercise to get
up appetite for the dinner that the inn
keeper promised to have ready under the trees
at noon And the idler achieved feat
that the admiral of the kings navy couldnt
perform-he navigated the Bronx. When he
got back he didn't blame the admiral. 1t was
picturesque and beautiful between the banks of
the little river. The trees formed arches over
the stream most of the way. and sometimes the
willows dropped low that the voyagers had
to push the dripping foliage out of the way.
just below the inn is picnic ground. about fif-
ty yards in diameter, where the Socialists some
times go when they want to have quiet time
with music and beer They carry their own prov
ender and spread their luncheons tables un-
der the trees At the end of each table is a
crotched arrangement for supporting beer
keg, and each family party has it's own keg of
beer tap Formerly the grounds were within
the limits of New York city. and freedom of
music and beer was some what restri cted. But
the proprietor was man fertile in resources.
He discovered that when the Bronx ri YER
made the dividing line between New York and
islands should be considered as wholly in West
chester. What simpler than to make an
island of his little fifty-yard parkl A ditch a
few feet wide dug around the park deep enough
to let the waters of the Bronx flow through. re-
moved the Sunday picnic from the jurisdiction
of the Puritans of New York, and the beer flows
in the park peacefully and freely water in
the Bronx.
When the voyazeurs returned mp the river,
they heard the hermitage bell calling them to
dinner. The landlord served little French
dinner on the table under big tree. The art
ist and the dler followed the example Of other
diners in the garden. and removed their vests
and collars. They took as much time as they
pleased for each course Nobody seemed to be in
a hurry. and even the walters moved with de-
liberation that was restful. The idier had dis
covered, by rowing up stream and padding in
the Bronx, and he needed rest. While they
were at dinner they watched two young men
and two young women playing some mild French
game. The artist said one of the young women
was very graceful in her movements and he in
terrupted the progress of many a morsel to-
wards the idlers mouth by enthusiastically
calling attention to pose. which he said
exclaiming, Look at that action!
Isn't it characteristicallv Frenchf You never
see that charming freedom of action, that
quettish. unstudied grace in any but French
woman. / tell you this whole thing is just like
a scene in France" The idler subsequently dis
Professor Barron is man who attempted a
practical joke on the girls of "our best society,""
He has failed. He sent out circulars telling
that at place in Fifth avenue he had opened an
aesthetic gymnasium. where the bellies of the town
might get exercise by means of a machine of